"The number and features of these three sexes were owing to the fact that the male was originally the offspring of the sun, and the female of the earth; while that which partook of both sexes was born of the moon, for the moon also partakes of both" Read more
"Should anyone here not know the art of love, read this, and learn by reading how to love. By art the boat’s set gliding, with oar and sail, by art the chariot’s swift: love’s ruled by art." Inspired by Valentine's Day, our selection this month is Ovid's The Art of Love, or Ars Amatoria. Discussion will start and continue in the forum, and we will meet via video link on… Read more
We were excited to welcome Miriam Kamil, a 5th year PhD candidate in classical philology at Harvard University for an Online Open House. The topic of the discussion was: The Cecropids and an Attic Aetiology in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The event was streamed live on Thursday, November 21 at 11 a.m. EST, and was recorded. Read more
"First was the Golden Age. Then rectitude spontaneous in the heart prevailed, and faith. Avengers were not seen, for laws unframed were all unknown and needless. Punishment and fear of penalties existed not. No harsh decrees were fixed on brazen plates. No suppliant multitude the countenance of Justice feared, averting, for they dwelt without a judge in peace." Read more
"But the god of the trident, who rules the ocean waters, grieved, with a father’s feelings, for the son changed into a swan, the bird of Phaethon, and, hating fierce Achilles, he nursed an excessive anger in his memory." The Book Club selection for January is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses, which will provide a Roman perspective of some stories and characters we have previously encountered in the ancient Greek world.… Read more
